crafts and decorative art

mid 20th century to late 20th century

This is a small wooden chest constructed using a band saw and joined with adhesive. The chest has three drawers lined with blue felt. The front panels of the drawers are dyed red and each has a...

untitled
1986

This is a turned mahogany plate. The plate has a shallow lip and metal hardware on the back for hanging.

1954

Round platter with two faces line drawn with glazes in white, brown, and blue. The rim is decorated with small dots along the surface.

1969

This object is a large cast and thrown earthenware jar with underglazes and overglazes. The center of the jar is a cylindrical column with a wide base that tapers toward the top. The upper...

c. 1937 - 1940

This a pair of glazed ceramic Franciscan Ware candlesticks in the Coronado Aqua pattern with a glossy finish. A bell-shaped cup and flared ridge rest on a domed base with wavy scalloped sides....

c. 1937 - 1940

This a glazed ceramic Franciscan Ware bowl in the Coronado Aqua pattern with a glossy finish. The bowl is oblong with a tapered base and wavy scalloped sides.

desk|Writing Desk
c. 1910

"The interior of the Kleinhans drop-front desk has a deep arch with a miniature painting by Arthur Mathews that shows girls dancing on a beach, a theme Mathews returned to several times in...

20th century

This is a box constructed with a woodworking technique that uses interlocking wooden sticks. The box has a pyramid-shaped lid (B) that fits on a rectangular base (A). The base has long vertical...

Pendant
1956

Handbook selection, 1984. White gold with ebony mount and rhomboid quartz crystal faceted in opposing courses.

Pin
1946
ring
Ring
1947
Bracelet
1930-1935
Pendant
1951

Catalog #4 Sterling silver with stainless steel screen and bezel set freeform cabochon crystal

Ring
1959

Sterling silver ring set with rutilated quartz. The quartz stone has three straight sides and one curved side, similar to a keystone.

Pin
1950

Sterling silver and white gold pin in an abstract pattern, set with moss agate, amber, coral, malachite and black onyx.

Pin
c.1939
early 1950s

This is an IN-50 glass and birch coffee table designed by Isamu Noguchi in 1944 and produced in the early 1950s. The table top (c) is supported on two wooden legs that appear in organic "L...

untitled (ring)
1946

Sterling silver ring with five horizontal and one vertical bar.

20th century

This is a rectangular Tramp Art box on a pedestal base. The box is hinged and the interior is lined with brown fabric. Layers of scalloped wood are applied to each side of the box, forming a...

20TH CENTURY

This is a Tramp Art bottle whimsy that consists of a wooden side chair with a woven seat inside a one quart Jack Daniels clear glass bottle.

20th century

This is a metallic silver painted bottle carved out of wood with a ball-in-cage design containing two spheres.

20th century

This is a carved wooden chain in three sections that is painted metallic silver. (A) has 24 oval links with double-link end pieces. (B) has five ball-in-cage sections and one double-link end...

20th century

This is a metallic silver painted bottle carved out of wood with a ball-in-cage design containing nine spheres.

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